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Drawing Room: Why Niyamat Mehta is fascinated by Bharti Kher’s bindi art

Updated on Mar 21, 2025 05:54 PM IST

Zoom in. Bharti Kher’s works are dotted with meaning. And every bindi represents her connection to India and the spiritual

Bharti Kher’s Drunken Frenzy (2011) is made of bindis.

Spectator by Seema Goswami: Please take a screen test

It’s difficult, but not impossible, to do a digital detox. Set boundaries, resist the impulse, and tuck your phone away

Don’t check your phone first thing in the morning. Save the doomscrolling for the later hours. (ADOBE STOCK)
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 05:53 PM IST

Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Things are going south

Two of India’s surprise obsessions, benne dosa and donne biryani, come from Bengaluru. Try both. It’s not about history or bragging rights. It’s just good food

Mumbai restaurant Benne is popular for serving the buttery dosa of the same name. (ADOBE STOCK)
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 05:52 PM IST

These 5 desserts ate and left no crumbs. See why India loves them

Pastries with a French accent, ice-creams with a Japan visa, rasgullas with Italian connections, viral cakes, local faves. India’s dessert revolution is here

Bombay Sweet Shop’s Strawberry Rasmalai Tart is the East-West combo we didn’t know we needed.
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 05:51 PM IST

You play what? These musicians have invented instruments with unique sounds

What happens a flute and guitar have a baby? Or when a violin gets an extra string? Hear from four musicians whose inventions can’t be beat

Vishnu Ramprasad’s navtar is a hybrid of the veena, sarod, sitar and guitar.
Published on Mar 21, 2025 10:54 AM IST

Ghosting, Nanoship, Pocketing: Are labels making dating more complicated?

Dating is hard. New labels make it worse. Kittenfishing. Paperclipping. Micro-cheating. Let’s just focus on the people, shall we?

Ghosting, or a date who disappears, gave way to Zombieing (when the ghoster returns). (SHUTTERSTOCK)
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 08:35 PM IST

The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel

This week, everyone was at the NMACC (or so they claimed). The Duolingo owl came back to life. Paris Fashion Week was wild. And Kanye West is dissing people

Was everyone really at the NMACC in Mumbai this week, catching The Phantom Of The Opera?
Published on Mar 21, 2025 10:50 AM IST
ByHT Brunch Team

Listicle: 10 movie couples that didn’t make it and totally broke us

Unrequited love, unfulfilled longing, romances that didn’t work out. These 10 onscreen couples broke each other’s hearts, and ours too

In La La Land, actress Mia and musician Sebastian choose their careers over love.
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 03:39 PM IST

Get to know... Malishka Mendonsa

RJ Malishka Mendonsa (@MyMalishka) loved learning languages in school. She’s listening to DJ Black Coffee’s music and remembering the time she worked with SRK

RJ Malishka says she’s thrilled to play her role model, Sarojini Naidu, onscreen.
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 03:41 PM IST

Weekend Drive by Hormazd Sorabjee: Purple with rage

Maserati’s GT2 Stradale handles roads and racetracks with ferocity. Strap in. Your speed fantasies are about to get real

Maserati’s GT2 Stradale can do a 0-100 kmph time of 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 324 kmph.
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 03:39 PM IST

Spectator by Seema Goswami: White lies. Lotus pocus

The White Lotus is great TV. But it’s not an accurate portrayal of how the super-rich vacation or how the staff treat them

Ultra-rich guests hardly use the common pool, as The White Lotus S3 suggests.
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 03:38 PM IST

Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Who ordered the upgrade?

Chefs put truffles on burgers. They tried to glow-up the hot dog. Now, there’s caviar and champagne with fried chicken. It’s surprisingly good

COQODAQ in NYC puts caviar on its fried chicken, as should you.
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 03:37 PM IST

Make it reign: Rapper King on fame, creativity and living the dream

He’s only 29, but he’s already one of India’s most-streamed hip-hop artists. He’s collabed with Jason Derulo and Jiju Nick Jonas. King’s reign has just begun

Delhi musician King’s song, Maan Meri Jaan, was the most streamed song of 2023 on Spotify India. (SHOT BY KARTIK KHER)
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 03:36 PM IST
ByUrvee Modwel

It’s trending: The new rules of going viral on Instagram

New Insta trend? Forget the trends. Don’t be too perfect, get to the point fast, make money from other sources. The ’gram has new rules

Content creator Kritika Khurana says people want to see unfiltered conversations on Instagram. (INSTAGRAM/@THEBOHOGIRL)
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 03:27 PM IST

Unsafe space: How to suss out a toxic therapist

Is your therapist judgy? A tattletale? A bully? Spot these red flags before you sit on the couch. All healing starts from a safe space

In the 2017 series Gypsy, the therapist manipulated her patients.
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 03:25 PM IST

Young people are always online. And it’s not a bad thing. Here’s why

Being chronically online doesn’t mean you have brain rot. Stay logged in, move with the times and leave haters behind

Why grudge young people a life that’s made easier by tech? (ADOBE STOCK)
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 03:25 PM IST
ByChristalle Fernandes

The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel

This week, Jennie from Blackpink released a new album. SRK is still our OG hero. Shawn Mendes went on side-quests in Mumbai, and The Michelin Guide got cheeky

Shah Rukh Khan is our OG hero. Gen Z stars can’t compete. (INSTAGRAM/@IAMSRK)
Published on Mar 13, 2025 01:26 PM IST
ByHT Brunch Team

Get to know... Nikitin Dheer

Actor Nikitin Dheer (@NikitinDheer) says ice-cream has a special place in his heart. He’s travelling for work and missing home-cooked food

Actor Nikitin Dheer says the birth of his daughter was one of the best moments of his life.
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 05:10 PM IST

Listicle: 10 AI influencers that really seem human

These 10 AI-generated humans seem so real, it’s uncanny. They have jobs, holidays, even IRL besties

Naina is cute, wholesome, and multilingual. (INSTAGRAM/@NAINA_AVTR)
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 05:07 PM IST

Drawing Room: Why Viraj Khanna can’t look away from T Venkanna’s art

T Venkanna’s art isn’t easy to look at. That is exactly why you should see it. Sex, gore, beauty, life — he weaves it all in, with fire

T Venkanna’s Golden Teeth draws from post-Impressionism, Mughal miniature and Indian mythology. (IMAGES COURTESY GALLERY MASKARA)
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 05:05 PM IST

Spectator by Seema Goswami: Be the last guest dancing

We get it, weddings are exhausting, even if you’re just a guest. Here’s how to keep the heart full and the events manageable

Rent or borrow outfits when you can, especially if you have multiple weddings to attend. (SHUTTERSTOCK)
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 05:04 PM IST

Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: The lore behind Bengaluru gem, Farmlore

Farmlore, a little restaurant in Bengaluru, has no PR, no famous chef, no fanfare. So, how did it make it to Asia’s 50 Best?

Chef Johnson Ebenezer maintains a low profile, but Farmlore is one of the world’s top places to eat at.
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 05:04 PM IST

Rocking the boat: How kayaker Bilquis Mir became Kashmir’s Aqua Queen

Bilquis Mir is a canoeist, kayaker, coach and Olympics judge. To the women athletes of Kashmir, she’s a counsellor and friend. Here’s how she paddled to the top

Bilquis Mir says she tells women athletes to never give up. That’s her biggest contribution, she feels.
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 05:01 PM IST
ByChristalle Fernandes

Intruder alert: How to shut down nosy questions like a pro

Who, what, where... why does everyone want to know everything? How to shut down personal questions like a pro

Kate and her friends from The White Lotus S3 are always asking personal questions.
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 04:58 PM IST

Tick tock: How to get over deadline pressure and do the work

Have faith. Breathe. Don’t get unalived over deadlines. Those who fought the clock and won, share their best get-it-done hacks

Divide and conquer. Don’t try to finish different tasks at the same time; it just causes anxiety. (ADOBE STOCK)
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 04:56 PM IST
ByChristalle Fernandes

Swan song: Why we need to bring back the big movie soundtrack

We’ve hummed to My Heart Will Go On. We know Happy from Despicable Me. Bring back the movie song, it might just help movie sales in a streaming era

Remember when Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Lil’ Kim and P!nk sang Lady Marmalade for Moulin Rouge?
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 04:55 PM IST

The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel

This week, Verity’s promo clips are looking promising. Sid and Kiara are having a baby. Shin-chan and his friends are coming to India. And we’re seeing cars fly

All the OG Students from SOTY are now parents.
Published on Mar 07, 2025 01:22 PM IST
ByHT Brunch Team

30 things to know before you turn 30: The fashion fix

It's back! Our much-loved masterlist of advice from experts. This time, it's all about dressing up. Tips to slay, and do it your way

In this fashion edit, experts share everything you need to know about looking and feeling good. (DESIGN BY SANJEEV KUMAR)
Updated on Feb 28, 2025 04:13 PM IST
ByChristalle Fernandes

Get to know... Sai Godbole

The actor, singer, and content creator (@SaiGodbole) wishes she had the ability to go back in time and give her younger self a hug

Godbole says she can do accents and impressions with ease.
Updated on Feb 28, 2025 04:17 PM IST
ByChristalle Fernandes

Listicle: 10 books to read if you like dramatic family sagas

Fights, fall-outs, feuds, forgiveness. These 10 thorny sagas will make you realise how normal your own peeps are

The Friend Zone Experiment is about a complicated father-daughter relationship.
Updated on Feb 28, 2025 04:17 PM IST
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